Christmas Messages from our Bishop & The Presiding Bishop
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Christmas in Lakeview
After another long and challenging year we are all looking for less dimness and more light. We are looking for less sorrow and more joy. We are looking for less despair and more hope. Christmas is about hope, joy, and light coming to live among us, coming to offer us more purposeful lives, coming to show us the true meaning of love. It's about the creative power of God coming to inspire and remake broken people and a broken world. "The angel said to the shepherds, 'Do not be afraid; for see - I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord'" (Luke 2:10-11, NRSV) |
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Saturday, December 24 - Christmas Eve
We will host two worship services on Christmas Eve:
We will host two worship services on Christmas Eve:
- Choral Family Holy Eucharist, 4:00 PM
- Children's sermon
- Bring the baby Jesus from your nativity scene to be blessed during the service!
- Childcare available
- Hot chocolate following worship
- Choral Holy Eucharist, 8:00 PM
- Choir, musicians, & Christmas carols you know and love
- Bring the baby Jesus from your nativity scene to be blessed during the service!
Sunday, December 25 - Christmas Morning
We will host a Christmas morning worship service with carols at 10:15 AM. Note we will not hold our normal 7:45 AM Eucharist on this day.
We will host a Christmas morning worship service with carols at 10:15 AM. Note we will not hold our normal 7:45 AM Eucharist on this day.
A Chance to Offer Yourself a Christmas Gift . . .
Christmas preparation in our culture is all about getting to Christmas Day. Once the day comes and goes, the culture tells us to take down the tree and to move on. In the Church, though, Christmas is a season of 12 days that BEGINS on Christmas Day! Why not give yourself a gift that lasts by taking those 12 days to focus on "the reason for the season"? Each day of the Christmas season we will send you a short devotional email that will help you reflect more intentionally on the birth of Christ, and help you to deepen your faith. Sign up to be on the list below to receive "The Gifts of Christmas: A Devotional for the 12 Days of the Season." Your first email will arrive on Christmas morning and continue through January 5.
Christmas preparation in our culture is all about getting to Christmas Day. Once the day comes and goes, the culture tells us to take down the tree and to move on. In the Church, though, Christmas is a season of 12 days that BEGINS on Christmas Day! Why not give yourself a gift that lasts by taking those 12 days to focus on "the reason for the season"? Each day of the Christmas season we will send you a short devotional email that will help you reflect more intentionally on the birth of Christ, and help you to deepen your faith. Sign up to be on the list below to receive "The Gifts of Christmas: A Devotional for the 12 Days of the Season." Your first email will arrive on Christmas morning and continue through January 5.
A Chance to Offer Your Gift to Others . . .
At all of our Christmas services you will have a chance to give back for the sake of others! The otherwise undesignated offerings at all of our Christmas worship services will support our participation in the 2023 Habitat for Humanity Unity Build. Unity Build is a collaboration of local faith groups facilitated by New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. Through this collaboration, we will build a new affordable home for a hard-working New Orleans family in January 2023. Please be as generous as you are able! Stay tuned for more information on how you can volunteer your time and energy for this build!
At all of our Christmas services you will have a chance to give back for the sake of others! The otherwise undesignated offerings at all of our Christmas worship services will support our participation in the 2023 Habitat for Humanity Unity Build. Unity Build is a collaboration of local faith groups facilitated by New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. Through this collaboration, we will build a new affordable home for a hard-working New Orleans family in January 2023. Please be as generous as you are able! Stay tuned for more information on how you can volunteer your time and energy for this build!
